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Scott McLaughlin crashed on Lap 3 of the IndyCar race at Toronto.<\/p>\n Scott McLaughlin crashed on Lap 3 of the IndyCar race at Toronto.<\/p>\n
Driving the Gallagher-backed #3 Team Penske Chevy, McLaughlin started from 14th.<\/p>\n
He made an early pit stop to change from the soft compound tyre to the hard compound.<\/p>\n
During the pit stop, his tyre changer failed to fasten the left rear wheel nut and it parted company out of Turn 2.<\/p>\n
The wheel came loose, which spat McLaughlin into the outside wall and damaged his suspension and rear wing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just went through Turn 2 there and I felt good, car felt good, and then all of a sudden something let go,\u201d a disconsolate McLaughlin told reporters afterwards.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, just gutted for everyone on the Gallagher Chevy. We had a piece today and a piece yesterday. I mucked up qualifying but I thought we had a really good chance today, regardless.<\/p>\n
\t\tWin a trip to the GC500 valued at $5,000 \u2014 or take the cash! Click here<\/a> <\/p>\n \u201cIf that yellow \u2013 which was ours \u2013 but if that had happened it was going to be pretty peachy for us.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s hard right now. I can\u2019t catch a break. I make mistakes, bad luck, it\u2019s just one of those years. I\u2019m just really struggling right now.\u201d<\/p>\n Scott McLaughin loses a tire and gets into the wall. pic.twitter.com\/TVvzLJY9GA<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 INDYCAR on FOX (@IndyCarOnFOX) July 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n Just four races remain in the season at Laguna Seca, Portland, Milwaukee, and Nashville.<\/p>\n McLaughlin is still searching for his first win of the season. As it stands, he remains winless for the first time since his debut season in 2021.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve just got to keep looking forward,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m a leader of the team and I\u2019ve got to keep working. We\u2019ve got a lot of resilience in the squad and if anything, this year is going to make us really, really strong moving forward.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d say when we have a good day, it\u2019s going to be a great day. A great day for us last week was fourth, so I can only imagine what a win is going to feel like.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s going to come. I truly believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n McLaughlin referenced his winless Supercars season in 2015 with Garry Rogers Motorsport as his previous worst year.<\/p>\n \u201c2015 was probably the toughest career [year], this is by far the toughest year of my life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cBut the best thing about it is I\u2019ve got a beautiful baby girl and a beautiful wife at home waiting for me and that makes everything better.\u201d<\/p>\n The contest was won by McLaren\u2019s Pato O\u2019Ward, who led 30 laps of the race. Rinus VeeKay was second for Dale Coyne Racing while Kyffin Simpson was the standout for Chip Ganassi Racing in third.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t say I saw this one coming,\u201d said O\u2019Ward.<\/p>\n \u201cI was feeling so good on the prime (hard compound) tyre all weekend really. We were just struggling a bit to get the alternate (soft compound) working in qualifying.<\/p>\n \u201cI knew I had a great car under me to race with and the guys nailed it on the strategy.<\/p>\n \u201cWe just keep making our Sundays difficult. Before warm-up, there was bird that dropped a load on the car on one of my guys, and I said that\u2019s going to be a good day today \u2013 and it was.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m stoked for everybody. I would never have expected to gone this much better in Toronto because it\u2019s been the most challenging circuit for us in the past.\u201d<\/p>\n Colton Herta, who started from pole position for Andretti Autosport, caught the wrong side of the strategy but recovered to fourth.<\/p>\n Scott Dixon was New Zealand\u2019s leading light in 10th ahead of Australia\u2019s Will Power in 11th who slumped from fourth on the grid. Marcus Armstrong was 14th after starting third for Meyer Shank Racing.<\/p>\n Jacob Abel\u2019s car lands on top of Josef Newgarden\u2019s No. 2. pic.twitter.com\/Az1uQEbGR3<\/a><\/p>\n